Roger Williams University

Official website and accounts

From this institution's Wikidata record. Figures that change every year show the latest value; earlier years and longer lists open with a click.

instance of	university private not-for-profit educational institution
inception	1956
named after	Roger Williams
legal form	Non-profit Corporation
industry	higher education
academic calendar type	semester

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	Bristol
street address	One Old Ferry Road, Bristol, RI, 02809-2921
postal code	02809-2921
coordinate location	41.6495, -71.2606
official website	http://www.rwu.edu · language of work or name: English

count of students	4,702 · September 2020 4,678 · full-time equivalent · 1 September 2021
employees	1,160 · September 2020
admission rate	86% · 2020
admission yield rate	13% · 2020

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	master's colleges and universities: medium programs very high undergraduate postbaccalaureate: other-dominant, with arts & sciences four-year, medium, highly residential four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in professions plus arts & sciences, some graduate coexistence

endowment	$93,152,659 · 30 June 2022 Earlier figures (2) $100,521,978 · 30 June 2021 $62,509,315 · 30 June 2020
total assets	$273,380,421 · 30 June 2020

member of	Association of American Colleges and Universities Open Education Network
athletics program	Roger Williams Hawks

number of viewers/listeners	1,104,414 · YouTube video views · YouTube channel ID: UC8JllpB8HdX0UNEC7uaKjKQ · YouTube handle: myrwu · 27 November 2025

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (1)

image	Roger Williams University school of Architecture, Art, and historic preservation, Bristol, Rhode Island.jpg

Wikimedia and technical details (5)

Commons category	Roger Williams University
topic's main category	Category:Roger Williams University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Roger Williams University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Roger Williams University faculty
social media followers	9,597 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 18221712 · 13 February 2023 Earlier figures (2) 9,465 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 18221712 · 3 January 2021 9,411 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 18221712 · 22 April 2020

Identifiers in other databases (28)

Facebook username	myrwu
Freebase ID	/m/04m5kh
GeoNames ID	5224420
Google Scholar organization ID	18424349808571253364
GRID ID	grid.262627.5
Instagram username	myrwu
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	217518
ISNI	0000000095614638
J9U entity ID	987011257393005171
KISTI ID	K000207780
Legal Entity Identifier	549300XAUW2YX715FC74
Library of Congress Authorities ID	no96036475
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	79839527
MusicBrainz place ID	1f372a7a-2375-4897-8b0d-2864cd58dc36 · subject named as: Roger Williams University
OpenAlex ID	I79839527
OpenStreetMap node ID	357259248
PermID	5000779529
Quora topic ID	Roger-Williams-University
Ringgold ID	1992
ROR ID	017nweb49
SEVIS school ID	7259
Threads username	myrwu
TikTok username	rogerwilliamsuniversity
VIAF cluster ID	141023228
X (Twitter) username	myrwu · number of subscribers: 9,411 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 18221712 · 22 April 2020
YouTube channel ID	UC8JllpB8HdX0UNEC7uaKjKQ · subject named as: Roger Williams University · number of works: 685 · number of subscribers: 2,010 · number of viewers/listeners: 863,567 · 21 September 2025
YouTube handle	myrwu · YouTube channel ID: UC8JllpB8HdX0UNEC7uaKjKQ · 21 October 2025
‎Scilit organization ID	2938